Prayerwalking in the Christmas Season

This season is one of the only times of the year that many people come to church. While we know that Christianty is not just going to Church, the point is that there is an openess to the Lord in many hearts around Christmas. Whether this comes from religous traditions and obligations people have grown up with, people come to church services at this time of year.

As Christians we have the opportunity and the privilege to reach out to these people, so that they can discover that this is about Jesus and not traditions or rituals. This is about helping people to discover, to see, God's love in the person of Jesus, so that they too can have a personal relationship with Christ. This is what Christianity is about, it's about coming out of the world, out of the darkness; and coming into His Kingdom and His glorious light. It's not about coming to Church, it's about relationship (new birth, conversion, repentence, adoption) with Jesus. It's about becoming part of the Church, after all, we are the Church we don't go to Church - but that is the topic of another blog.

In 2 Cor 5 Paul tells us when we are in Chirst we a new creatures, that the old has passed away and we have become new. This passage also describes the process of reconcilation, where God sent His Son to bring us into relationship with Him. This is being reconciled to God. And it does not stop there, not only are we reconciled (brought into relationship with Him) we are also given the ministry of reconcilation. This is where we become part of the solution and where we are given the power and authority to be God's representatives. We become His ambassadors, we are comissioned to represent Him in the world today.

This is where prayer and prayer walking come into the picture. As we pray the Holy Spirit will help to draw people to the Lord, help to open their eyes to the reality of the existence of Jesus Christ. So many people just can not see or can not understand that Jesus came to set them free and to deliver them from the curse of sin and death and hell.

We need to pray for people all the time and be reaching out with the love of God all year long. Yet, we do need to recognize that more people will be coming to Churches and will be hearing about the Christmas story. They will hear the account of the birth of Jesus and how He can to the world to save us from our sins.

So we pray not only for people to come to Church services, we pray that they will learn about God's love in the person of Christ and become born again in Him. We need to pray for those leading Christmas eve and Christmas day services that they will preach Christ, and not just have a religious expereince. Pray for the message to go out and pray for the message to be received.

As I began with, this is not just about coming to Church, it's about coming to Christ. Let's join together in prayer along these lines, and just maybe we can see not only people coming to Christ, but a revival in the Church that makes it a place of life - and not just a religious tradition.

Praying together for God's mighty work in this Christmas season.